In the early hours of Saturday morning July 4th, a member of our community was awoken by someone breaking into her home. The mother of two, rushed to gather the children, and when the toddler cried, the would be thieves left without entering.
This scary incident, plus the B & E attempt described at the Community Association AGM, remind us that we need to take steps to protect ourselves as individuals and as a community. Be sure to secure the doors and accessible windows at night, lock vehicles parked outside, and take other proactive steps to make it easy for would-be thieves to be seen near your house including installing motion activated lighting and removing trees and bushes that provide cover for them. We also need to be vigilant as a community, and report suspicious activities immediately to the RCMP. I encourage neighbours to make sure they have phone numbers for each other, so information and help requests can be easily shared.